Taxol
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈtæksɒl/
- Specialized
- The doctor recommended Taxol for her chemotherapy treatment of ovarian cancer.
Examples
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Taxol was discovered by Monroe Wall and Mansukh Wani at the Research Triangle Institute.
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After discussing with my oncologist, I decided to proceed with Taxol as part of my cancer therapy.
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OK, so Taxol is used in the treatment of breast cancer.
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The complaint alleged the company illegally kept a generic version of the cancer drug Taxol off the market.
Academic text (2002) -
The NCI selected Taxol as a development candidate in 1977, and clinical trials began in 1984.
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Taxol is used most widely to treat ovarian and breast cancer and Kaposi's sarcoma.
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In 1967, researchers at the National Cancer Institute found that an extract from the bark of this tree (which they named "taxol") was effective against leukemia in mice.
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Recent studies show that Taxol is effective in treating various types of breast cancer.
Synonyms
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9.1
A drug used to treat different kinds of cancer
Surface Forms
Etymology
Taxol comes from the yew tree's Latin name Taxus, which means 'yew tree', because the drug was first found in the yew's bark, and the ending -ol is a common chemical ending. So, Taxol is a cancer medicine you can remember as a drug 'from the yew tree'.